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Research in Process Modeling and Control

Research in Process Modeling and Control. T.F. Edgar Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 March 6, 2004 Austin, Texas. Principal Investigators T.F. Edgar J.B. Rawlings (UW) S.J. Qin S.G. Wright (UW) www.che.utexas.edu/twmcc

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Research in Process Modeling and Control

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  1. Research in Process Modeling and Control T.F. Edgar Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 March 6, 2004 Austin, Texas

  2. Principal Investigators T.F. Edgar J.B. Rawlings (UW) S.J. Qin S.G. Wright (UW) www.che.utexas.edu/twmcc 24 Ph.D. students (18 at UT), 3 postdocs

  3. Areas of Research 1. Control System Monitoring and Diagnosis 2. Dynamic Modeling of Chemical Processes • Materials Processing • Dynamic System Identification • NMPC and Moving Horizon Prediction • Optimization Theory and Algorithms • Statistical Process Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis

  4. TWMCC - Multiple Projects CompanyJBRTFEJQ AMD √ √ √ √ √ Aspentech √ DuPont √ ExxonMobil √ √ Emerson Proc. Mgt. √ GlaxoSmithKline √ ITRI √ Johnson Controls √ Mitsubishi Chemicals √ √ Shell √

  5. TWMCC - Multiple Projects (Cont’d) CompanyJBRTFEJQ Texas Instruments √ Tokyo Electron America √ Weyerhaeuser √ Courting Eastman Chemical, Dow, Boise, Schneider Electric, BP, Applied Materials, Intel, Invista/Koch, Yield Dynamics

  6. M.S., Ph.D. Graduates(2002 – 2003) Student/SupervisorDestination J. Hahn (TFE) Ph.D. (5/02) Texas A&M (faculty) J.J. Peng (TFE) Ph.D. (12/02) DuPont S. Lextrait (TFE) Ph.D. (7/03) Pavilion Technologies S. Firth (TFE) Ph.D. (12/02) Yield Dynamics C. McNabb (JQ) Ph.D. (5/02) Boise Cascade C. Saade (JQ) M.S. (5/02) Halliburton M. Tenny (JBR) Ph.D. (12/02) ExxonMobil V. Martinez (TFE) Ph.D. (12/02) Motorola H. Potrykus (JQ) Ph.D. (12/02) Institute for Defense Analysis W. Cho (TFE) Ph.D. (5/03) Interviewing B. Odelson (JBR) Ph.D. (5/03) BP

  7. Edgar Group Highlights • 2 PhD’s graduated in 2003 • 30+ papers in journals/proceedings published or in press since 1/2001 • 2 new students added to group in 10/03: Xiaoliang Zhuang and Terry Farmer

  8. Ph.D Candidates Graduating since 9/2002 1. Stacy Firth: Adaptive Disturbance Estimation in Run-to-Run Control (12/02) 2. Victor Martinez: Adaptive Control of Overlay Tool Bias (12/02) • Jianjun Peng: Modeling and Control of Packed Reactive Distillation Columns (2/03) 3. Sebastian Lextrait: Packed Reactive Distillation Columns: Modeling, Simulation, and Control Analyses (8/03)

  9. Edgar Group Project Areas • Reactive Distillation Modeling/Control • Nonlinear Model Reduction/Multivariable Control • Semiconductor Manufacturing Modeling/Control • Petrochemical Plant Emissions Modeling and Control • Blood Insulin Delivery Using Hydrogels: Modeling and Control

  10. Recent/Future Presentations (TFE) • “A Batch Process Control Framework for Semiconductor Manufacturing” (Aspenworld; 4 university seminars) • “Process Modeling and Control: A Vision of the Future” (NPRA – 11/02; Monterrey, Mexico – 3/03) • “MINLP Approach to Simultaneous Data Reconciliation and Bias Identification” (FOCAPO – 2003) • “PID Controller Performance Assessment” (AIChE – 4/03 – New Orleans) • “Control and Operations: When Does Controllability Equal Profitability?” (PSE 2003 – Kunming, China)

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